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Belgium rocks if it is raw numbers of people. It is much more than that, interest and is motocross part of the culture. But Belgium still rocks and if population counts they pump out a lot of fast guys with one of the smallest populations.
Don't get me wrong, population CAN help but Russia and China have a much bigger population than the USA, but how well do they do in the MXON, not. Interest, wealth, resources (tracks and support) and individual determination play big parts. If there is no interest, the other numbers do not matter.
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I thought they'd be back by now with prototype mx rider #2 by now but they are just so busy building an industrial empire!
Look how many championships these guys own.
Also do good at the MXdN, they never have a weak link in the team like we do in Holland.
We always struggle to come up with 3 very good ridersm, we have Herlings and de Reuver but no third guy like them.
I wish our weak link was a guy with the qualities like Andrew Short.
And about Geoff:
He's only here 2 month's leading up to the MXdN to have fun with you guys and disappears right after.
Choosing the states first to make a team is just like choosing the riders itself.
You have to come up with 3 racers from each state just like the Euros have to come up with 3 riders from each country.
So 3 riders from WA, or 3 from MN, or 3 from FL.
From WA you have RV and Hill, who would be your third rider?
From MN you have Dungey? Which other 2?
From FL you have Stewart and......
Makes it alot tougher doesn't it?
Then you have to take certain states out, like Wisconsin, Montana, Utah, Idaho (Weimer?) North/South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, etc. because they aren't motocross breeding grounds... they're just barren land masses with only farmers and ranchers living there, much like Canada
There are plenty of states that haven't produced a top 20 national series caliber racer. Shouldn't those be taken out of the equation?
Luxembourg and Switzerland have or had MXdN teams too and are equally small and indeed had not very good riders except for Tonus and Bill.
Belgium: 11 million
Netherlands: 16 million, both smaller then florida in population and probably less MX racers too.
I remember a rider from Luxembourg which had to lose atleast 15 kg on body weight to look in shape. They guy was simply fat but probably the only one left for the team and still they went.
The point I’m trying to make is that’s difficult for small countries to come up with a competitive MXdN team in comparison to the USA.
We'd have more racers then financial support to send them to the MXdN each year
I'm a pro-GP motocross guy, Jefro, so don't think I'm saying any of this out of anti-Euro, anti-world MX ignorance. I actually know countries like NZ aren't in Europe
A 6 race series in the fall with 3 races in Europe and 3 in the US, would be an ideal "world" championship series to complement what we have right now, with the Nats and World GP series.
But I'm not saying it needs to be fair and all, it will never be and it can't be.
The USA just has a big advantage on small countries when it comes to picking MXdN teams.
No slam on the US though, team USA did great.
Amateurracing is big in Belgium ... and thats why we are so strong in mx.
So guess what, that would mean that Cairoli, Roczen and one other guy. The rest of your countries are not even in the race, they are not represented. No more Finnland, no more Great Britan, Austraia, Spain. United Europe only gets 3 rider to represent them...
Bummer.
So now you know how the US feels. We have 300 million people and a lot of talent, only 3 go. Belgium has 10 million people and the get to send 3 Wahhhh that is not fair. LOL
MX1 - Ryan Dungey, MX2 - Gannon Audette and MX3 - Alex Martin. Top 5, no problem. ;-)
I'll let Florida and WA riders answer for their states.
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Euros - if you were going to travel over to either the French MXoN next year OR the Lommel race, which one would you do? Lommel looks a lot easier to get to.
I was joking (kind of) with a friend that the pits would have been livelier after the race if some other country had won it this year........
Every team is an outsider. USA always expected to win. Makes it fun.
If you want to see the US win, go to France because I seriously think they will have a hard time at Lommel.
Imagine team France in two years:
Pourcel, Musquin and Paulin. These 3 raced and won GP's at Lommel and Lierop and team Belgium is always good at home too.
But what I'm trying to explain is that some European countries have a hard time to come up with 3 good riders to make a competitive team because they're relatively small. That's no slam on the USA and it's not a matter of fair or unfair. It's just a fact. Sure the US can up with a great team from just one state. Europe can come up with a great team from Belgium too, but Luxembourg, Austria and Switzerland struggle.
I was trying to give an example by mentioning states, and pick 3 riders from them. Different states, different populations, different talent pool, just like European countries.
I like your idea of going by the state riders reside in. If Belgium could choose a team from the GP riders who live there, that would be a hell of a team since most GP stars live in Belgium these days.
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